Once again, that lonely truckstop, the portable diner of life, has destined that four individuals should be thrust together for a purpose that can only be explained by their love of the big rigs and alternative rock music.

Jack, Joe, Jake and Gil Truckstar met late one night in a forgotten truckstop on the dusty plains of outback New South Wales, Australia, in a place where the wheatfields become a dustbowl and men can haul a load for days without speaking to another soul.

Over a late night 'fry-up' it became clear that these four lonely travellers could produce a brand of Rock music that combined a love of a sweet melody with the driving rythmn of an 18-wheeler.

From time to time - who knows where and when, these four truckers (or "Team Truckstars" as they have come to be known) come together to combine their passion for Rock with their love of oversized long haulage vehicles and associated appliances.

So, if you get the chance, why not come on join this convoy of Rock sometime.

Jake Truckstar

Jake Truckstar comes to us from parts unknown; records suggest he was born on the road (or possibly near a road in a dumpster on some discarded newspapers). All we do know for certain is that wherever that place is there’s probably a lot of rockin’ going on.

Jake was first hypnotized by the never ending rhythm of a Rock and Roll Trucker lifestyle as his Mamma hauled loads across the country with little Jake tucked safely in the womb of that 8 – month pregnant lady. Jake quite literally grew up on the road as his Mamma raised little Jake in the back of that cabin, learning to hold the wheel while Mamma had a break. More importantly for us he learnt how to pound out the groove that a well-tuned 18-wheeler puts out.

Jake met Gil Truckstar on a long forgotten highway, drawn together in the perfect syncopation of a groove that just won’t let you go. These boys have been coming together ever since to pound out beautiful music that has its head in Trucking and its heart in Rock ‘n Roll.

Joe Truckstar

Described by friends as a loyal, caring, generous man, and by the police as wanted for questioning, Joe Truckstar may be best described as a riddle wrapped in an enigma.

With only a low-slung guitar to accompany him, Joe has traversed this wide brown land many times in the biggest of big rigs often not talking for weeks. When Joe really has something to say he lets the sound of his guitar do the talking. This has proved a problem in supermarkets and recently in the post office however up on stage there is no miscommunication. The message is loud and clear!

The highway of rock has always produced mavericks – men and women who live on the outside, who only follow their own rules. Fortunately for us this one occasionally follows the rules of Rock and Truckin’! (and even more occasionally the rules of the road).

Gil Truckstar

Gil Truckstar started out playing bass guitar at the age of nine right about the time he first started hitching rides across the continent on the back of a B double long hauler, traveling the red eye special, delivering lima beans to those who really needed them. To pass the time Gil used to power up his bass and amp through the cigarette lighter and play a tune or two to keep the driver awake. Unfortunately bass guitar sucked the juice right out of those batteries in about 3 ½ to 4 minutes which was bad news for those folk waiting on those beans but good news for Rock and Roll fans everywhere as it honed Gil’s ability to say what needed to be said on the bass within the tight schedule of modern radio format requirements.

So by the age of 11 Gil was done with learnin’. He was ready to haul a load and rock. And he has ever since. (Well, apart from the bit about hauling a load, as he had to wait til he was 16 to get his license).

Once Gil met Jake Truckstar the deal was done, he found someone that complemented the bass to provide the rockingest little backbeat to blow them all away.

Jack Truckstar

Not much is known of this wandering minstrel of the long haulage highway. Jack Truckstar is the poet of this motley group of world weary Truckers. Jack has spent his share of time at lonely diners and truckstops collecting the wit and wisdom of life on the road.

Jack started out hauling loads around the cities of Australia til he began to yearn for the honesty and simplicity of the long haulage routes across the continent. That’s where Jack began to hone his craft as a songwriter, cataloguing the sights, the sounds and the smells of life on the road.

Jack is never happier than when he is on a long haul with only the open road and time on his hands ready to start composing.

The only thing that comes close is when Jack has the opportunity to share his musings in that time-honored tradition of wrapping some words in a thumping backbeat and setting it to a soaring melody.